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Bhagavad Gita 12.5

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्। अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।

kleśho ’dhikataras teṣhām avyaktāsakta-chetasām avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
kleśhaḥkleśhaḥtribulations
adhika-taraḥadhika-taraḥfull of
teṣhāmteṣhāmof those
avyaktaavyaktato the unmanifest
āsaktaāsaktaattached
chetasāmchetasāmwhose minds
avyaktāavyaktāthe unmanifest
hihiindeed
gatiḥgatiḥpath
duḥkhamduḥkhamexceeding difficulty
deha-vadbhiḥdeha-vadbhiḥfor the embodied
avāpyateavāpyateis reached

Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested, for the goal of the unmanifested is very hard for the embodied to reach.

परन्तु उन अव्यक्त में आसक्त हुए चित्त वाले पुरुषों को क्लेश अधिक होता है, क्योंकि देहधारियों से अव्यक्त की गति कठिनाईपूर्वक प्राप्त की जाती है।।